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Kourtney Chinnery tuned up for Friday's Nastia Liukin Cup with a stellar performance in Charleston, S.C., last weekend. On Friday the World Class Gymnastics star scored a career high of 38.175 points in the all-around for second place in her Jr. A age-group session at the Charleston Cup. Then on Saturday in a companion meet, Chinnery, 14, led the World Class Level 10s to the team title in the Shawn Johnson Series Team Championship with a personal best of 9.45 on beam. At the Liukin Cup, Chinnery will be among the 17 juniors and 18 seniors competing on the marquee stage at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. She earned a ticket to the prestigious event by topping a field of 66...

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Kourtney Chinnery tuned up for Friday's Nastia Liukin Cup with a stellar performance in Charleston, S.C., last weekend.On Friday the World Class Gymnastics star scored a career high of 38.175 points in the all-around for second place in her Jr. A...

COLLEGES:
Women's swimming:
William and Mary sophomore Allie Christy, a Bruton High graduate, set the school record of 2 minutes, 1.31 seconds in the 200-yard individual medley as she qualified for the "A" final in the Colonial Athletic...

COLLEGES:
Football:
Old Dominion coach Bobby Wilder hired Arick Forrest as the Monarchs’ wide receivers coach.
A native of Dublin, Ohio, Forrest was a graduate assistant for the Monarchs the previous three seasons. He worked primarily with the...

Mills Becouvarakis won three events and swam on three winning relays to propel the South Eastern Virginia Aquatics Seahawks to the boys title in the Southeast District 12-and-under championship meet Friday through Sunday at the Brittingham-Midtown Aquatic...

NEWPORT NEWS — It was Sunday afternoon, some 18 hours after he had competed in his final event in the 5A swimming championships. Menchville's Alex Moore had four medals to show for it, including two for first place.
But here he was, back in the pool....

GIRLS BASKETBALL:
Metro:
Imani Bryant had 20 points, 14 rebounds and nine blocks in the championship game as top-seeded Williamsburg Christian Academy captured the Metro Conference tournament title with a 52-35 victory over Atlantic Shores in Denbigh...

The Menchville boys' Alex Moore was a double winner at the Group 5A state swimming meet, leading the Monarchs to high finishes on Saturday at the Collegiate Aquatic Center in Richmond.
The Monarchs' girls finished third overall, while the boys placed...

Grafton’s boys and Jamestown’s girls won won their second straight Group 4A swimming and diving titles at the Christiansburg Aquatic Center on Friday.
Grafton scored 265 points to second-place Jamestown’s 235 and fifth-place Tabb’s 147. Jamestown’s girls...

The Bay Rivers District ruled the pool at the Christiansburg Aquatic Center on Friday, at the least the end of it where the Group 4A state championships were held. The district finished first and second in both genders, with Jamestown's girls and...

Though only a sophomore, Joelle Vereb already has received a letter of interest from national swimming power UCLA. Like most in her sport, that interest came via her performances on the elite club level.
But for Vereb, and many others her age, high...

Usually the stress ahead of a state swimming and diving championship falls on the well-conditioned shoulders of the competitors. For the past couple of days, area coaches have shared much of it because of the havoc brought about by the snow and ice.
Will...

Swimming and diving:
The Hampton Roads Academy girls led after one day of the Virginia Independent Schools championships in Richmond.
The Navigators held the lead with 122 points at Freedom Aquatic & Fitness Center, followed by Trinity Episcopal...

Kecoughtan's boys finished second in the Group 6A South regional meet, which was dominated by Cox.
The Virginia Beach school rolled to the boys' title, scoring 442 points to Kecoughtan's 202. On the girls' side, the Falcons edged out Grassfield 298 to...

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M&M SITE SWITCH (UPDATED 4:32 p.m.): Because the heat in Kecoughtan's gym is on the fritz, all four of Monday's Monitor-Merrimac Conference 2 first-round games will be played at...

Conference tournament play is just around the corner, with the Conference 19 swim meet kicking off the postseason for Bay Rivers District schools on Feb. 6. Below are the dates for conference tournaments with conference members listed in parenthesis.
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